Extracellular Vesicles as Novel Players in Kidney Disease
Charles J. Blijdorp, Dylan Burger, Alicia Llorente, Elena S. Martens‐Uzunova, Uta Erdbrügger
Abstract
“Urine can provide us day by day, month by month, and year by year with a serial story of the major events within the kidney.” Dr. Thomas Addis, pioneer in renal physiology, came to this conclusion in 1948. The discovery of urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs) as molecular mimics of kidney
Topics & Concepts
Extracellular vesiclesKidneyKidney diseaseUrinary systemUrineMedicineExtracellularVesiclePhysiologyPathologyInternal medicineBiologyCell biologyBiochemistryMembraneExtracellular vesicles in diseaseDialysis and Renal Disease ManagementPregnancy and preeclampsia studies